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"A couple weeks ago, Biz [Stone, Twitter co-founder] explained how Twitter users were beingvictimized by phishing scams spread primarilythrough links in direct messages," the post said."Basically, people click the link and bad thingshappen. My team can only detect these scams aftermalicious links have already been sent out."that the global economy is starting to show signs ofrecovery is having a positive impact on planned ITbudgets in 2010. The perception gap betweenforecast and actual changes in IT expenditure haswidened. IT spending trends vary wildly by region,yet all vertical industries have suffered from lowerIT spending compared to pre-recessionary levels.Fundamentally, IT spending is trending upwards,however most increases, as well as decreases will beslight, between 1-5 percent. The vast majority ofenterprises will continue to experience flat budgetgrowth in 2010.IT projects that are most likely to be readilygreen-lighted are those that do not require a forkliftupgrade of existing IT systems and businessprocesses, but rather those that make modificationswithin existing and proven boundaries in anincremental manner and in response to businesschanges.(Source: siliconindia news bureau)Microsoft races to plug IE hole after exploitcode releasedMicrosoft is testing a patch to fix a new hole inInternet Explorer 6 and IE 7 following the release ofexploit code on the Internet.The company will be issuing a patch for thehole before the next Patch Tuesday in about fourweeks, if the testing of the patch goes quickly.Twitter to block malicious links(Source: news.cnet.com)Twitter is launching a new service designed tostop users of the social-media site from gettingduped by phishinglinks that stealt h e i r l o g i ncredentials andother attacks.e-trackThe company will route all links submitted tothe site through a filter created to catch links thatlead to malware, the company said on the Twitterblog on Tuesday.FCC tool collects broadband speed data(Source: cnet.com)The Federal Communications Commissionwants to help you make sure you get what you payfor when it comes to broadband.The agency has launched a new tool thatallows consumers to test the download and uploadspeeds of their broadband connections. The tool,which can be found at www.broadband.gov, testswireless or landline-based broadband connections.It also allows consumers to see the latency, the timeit takes for data to be sent from a computer to thetesting server and back, and jitter, the variability inthe delay between a computer and the testing server,that's being detected on their connections.The way it works is that consumers go to thewww.broadband.gov Web site, type in their address,indicate whether they are a home user or businesscustomer, and then click on a button to begin the test.Within a minute, they can get information on theirDSL and cable modem speeds. The FCC is usingexisting speed testing tools from Ookla and a toolfrom M-LAB.(Source: news.cnet.com)27January-March-2010